Example sentences of "he have [adv] only [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has not only remained in his job as a chemical engineer but has also been promoted twice and is now principal chemical engineer with Ciba , in Paisley . |
| 2 | The final insult is that he has not only forfeited his ‘ honest faith ’ in taking up with her but that his eyes have even deceived him about her beauty : she is ‘ foul ’ in every sense . |
| 3 | We learn that he has not only killed his brother-in-law for opposing the Iranian government but that he unrepentantly believes that ‘ war is the source of love and hope and satisfaction . ’ |
| 4 | He has not only tarnished his relationship with Leeds United Football Club ( the club that he owes everything to including his 2.75M price tag ) , he also shit on the manager and those players who are left at the club , who helped him win a championship medal . |
| 5 | He climbed to the upper level , and from the top of the stairs he could see a wide slice of moonlight telling him that he 'd not only forgotten to lock the door behind them , in his haste he 'd neglected even to close it ; he crossed the decking and closed it now , switching the key from the outside to the inside and turning it in the lock . |
| 6 | It was in keeping with the determination of the man , and he 'd probably only held off because those bobbies had to be somewhere in the vicinity . |
| 7 | He had not only maintained the buildings , he had enhanced them too , with examples of his craftsmanship , such as the panels in the Hall and the Headmaster 's Table , based on an original in Tideswell Church . |
| 8 | Over the years he had not only made himself a small fortune , but in the process gained something of a respectable reputation . |
| 9 | He had not only eaten his own packed lunch — sandwiches and cold sausages and bananas — but most of Carrie 's as well . |
| 10 | On their return they discovered he had not only done as instructed but painted the trees which lined the drive as well . |
| 11 | By that time he had not only set in motion all the police retinue that attends on sudden and unexplained death , but also attended their ministrations throughout , seen the body examined , photographed , cased in its plastic shell and removed by ambulance to the forensic laboratory , delegated certain necessary duties , placated the police doctor and the pathologist , come to terms with the inevitable grief and rage which do not reach the headlines , and made dispositions within his own mind for the retribution which is so often aborted . |
| 12 | It soon became apparent that he had not only failed to read the book but had not even succeeded in struggling to the end of the blurb , though this did not of course stop him talking at length . |
| 13 | He had not only cuckolded Richard Sharpe , but in the process he had effectively stolen Sharpe 's fortune , and now he discovered that his enemy was mot lost in France , but alive and close to Brussels . |
| 14 | She smiled down at him and realized that in the few weeks he 'd been with her he had not only put on weight but had grown a few inches in height too . |
| 15 | When I checked up on his progress I was startled to find that he had not only planted up the four pots but his red wellington boots as well , liberally watering both them and himself and then garnishing with sprigs of a semi-dormant fuchsia as a finishing touch . |
| 16 | By the end of the day he had not only helped to further that cause ; by showing outstanding courage and skill in arms in the thick of the fighting he had shown how the knight could use situations of war to win personal renown for himself . |
| 17 | Like Gauss he would publish only when he was convinced that he had not only mastered the subject but had thoroughly understood all its ramifications . |
| 18 | He had not only preserved the room , he had cleaned it with meticulous care and provided fresh flowers in the little glass spill . |
| 19 | He had n't only stolen my dreams , he 'd raped them . |
| 20 | This had covered the blotter so that he had really only seen it for a short time . |
| 21 | He 's not only had to pick up technique in racing , he 's had to learn how to train — that 's been the secret , he says . |